Common Birds in Argyll and Bute
Our list for Argyll and Bute has 106 common birds recorded regularly there: 64 residents, 21 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Argyll and Bute in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 106, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made